Catching Up

I’m caught up in the familiar and it’s a good place to be. I know what’s going to happen here. It’s like I’m writing the story until an unforeseen plot twist comes. Something I never planned on. Something odd happens that changes it all. I’ve been invited to some place new. The new is scary and too intimidating. So I stay. And as my opportunity slowly slips away I more and more comprehend this poor decision that I have made. This new reality dawns on me. This place I’m in has no need for me. Now, I wish I could go. Why’d I ever turn away? I leave the familiar and decide to explore. To catch up to the new place I seek. Now, I’m wandering in this great unknown and as I lose my way through elsewhere to the new place I’m still aiming my sights on.

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